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...help secure the city's reputation as one of Asia's top tourist destinations. However, the conservative approach of Disney and its partner has produced a pint-sized park that so far hasn't matched visitors' lofty expectations. Hong Kong Disneyland has a mere 16 attractions?only one a classic Disney thrill ride, Space Mountain?compared to 52 at Disneyland Resort Paris. Meanwhile, management glitches involving everything from ticketing to employee relations have further tarnished the venture's image. In a recent survey conducted by Hong Kong Polytechnic University, 70% of the local residents polled said they had a more...
...characters as well as Americans and Europeans do, which acts as a constraint on its potential audience. Ernest calls it a "great introductory park." They also point out that the company plans to keep adding new attractions at Hong Kong Disneyland, including an updated version of Disney's classic Autopia racing game, scheduled to open this summer. The government is reclaiming land on an adjoining site to expand the park further. But James Zoltak, editor of Amusement Business, a trade magazine for the theme-park industry, says Disney isn't moving quickly enough: it needs to "get on a crash...
...fatalist about the construction, so this way we can own it more and make it ours,” said Dunster resident Erinn M. Wattie ’06, who helped organize the event. Each house had total freedom to paint eight of the 24 panels. Mather chose a classic arts theme, creating Pollack and Van Gogh inspired scenes, while Dunster went with a “moose-tastic” design Evan R. Johnson ’06, a Dunster resident and also a Crimson editor said.—Staff writer Lindsay A. Maizel can be reached...
...Many classic symptoms of autism - spinning, head banging, endlessly repeating phrases - appear to be coping mechanisms rather than hard-wired behaviors. Other classic symptoms - a lack of emotion, an inability to love - can now be largely dismissed as artifacts of impaired communication. The same may be true of the supposedly high incidence of mental retardation...
...past 20 years, the dominant way to work with autistic children has been based on Applied Behavior Analysis. ABA derives from the classic work of psychologist B.F. Skinner, who showed--mostly in animals--that behavior can be altered with carefully repeated drills and rewards. In 1987, Ivar Lovaas at UCLA published a small study with huge repercussions. He reported that 9 out of 19 autistic children taught for 40 hours a week with behaviorist methods had big jumps in IQ and were able to pass first grade; only 1 out of 40 in control groups...